By Randy Vogt, Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
June 13, 2025-On Sunday, June 1 at the Blue Sky Sports Complex in Middletown, Ballston Spa United shut out East Coast FC G2015, 1-0 in the Girls-Under 10 Platinum Challenge Cup final.
Whitney Jennings scored the game’s only goal plus keeper Hannah Flynn had the shutout in net in this Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) game.
Ballston Spa coach Mike O’Brien stated, “We had a lot of chances and kept the ball in their end in these sloppy conditions.”
East Coast, from Long Island, received the Rocco Amoroso Sportsmanship Award as determined by the game officials. Amoroso, a US Soccer Life Member who died in 2016, started the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) Sportsmanship Program in 1980 and it spread to Eastern New York, nationally and then to China and Ireland, and in the process, made soccer games kinder and gentler.
With over 100,000 youth soccer players––both boys and girls––and more than 25,000 volunteers, the non-profit Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) stretches from Montauk Point, Long Island to the Canadian border. Members are affiliated with 10 leagues throughout the association, which covers the entire state of New York east of Route 81. ENYYSA exists to promote and enhance the game of soccer for children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 19 years old, and to encourage the healthy development of youth players, coaches, referees and administrators. All levels of soccer are offered––from intramural, travel team and premier players as well as Children With Special Needs. No child who wants to play soccer is turned away. ENYYSA is a proud member of the United States Soccer Federation and US Youth Soccer. For more information, please log onto http://www.enysoccer.com/